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Dear Yates Family, I hope that you were doing well this week, and are being refreshed by the rain and sunshine that has come to us here of late. I also hope that your Memorial Day weekend was a time of connection with those that matter and an opportunity to offer a fitting memorial […]

Dear Yates Family, These weeks at the end of May are significant in so many ways, aren’t they? At this time, we celebrate the accomplishments of our high school and college graduates. As they take their next steps, I grieve for them that they can’t enjoy the elation of well-earned public celebration. There are […]

There is an oft-quoted Chinese proverb that says: “May you live in interesting times.” As it turns out, there is little to no evidence of such a proverb, which was, supposedly, both a curse and a blessing. There is evidence from the mid-1930’s that a British statesman (Sir Austen Chamberlain) quoted this phrase as received […]